# Falcon Punch Falcon Punch is a Super Smash Bros catchphrase and image macro format built around Captain Falcon's flaming haymaker attack. It spread online in the mid-2000s as shorthand for any dramatic, over-the-top punch, boosted later by parody videos and a galaxy-exploding scene from the F-Zero anime. ## Overview Falcon Punch is a catchphrase and image macro format built around Captain Falcon's signature attack from Nintendo's Super Smash Bros fighting series[1]. In game, the move is a slow wind-up into a flaming, one-hit haymaker that players scream while landing on unsuspecting opponents. Online, the phrase became shorthand for any exaggerated, overkill strike, often paired with reaction images or self-narrated punches[2]. The joke leans on how theatrical and telegraphed the actual attack is, plus Captain Falcon's over-the-top voice work as he yells the line mid-swing[3]. Early image macros also ran with a darker edge, framing the Falcon Punch as a violent solution to teen pregnancy and other things posters disliked[1]. ## How It Spread The catchphrase started picking up traction online in the mid-2000s. Jim Fields submitted the first Urban Dictionary definition on September 2nd, 2005, describing it as "an extremely animated and/or self-narrated punch" usually shouted mid-swing[2]. Early forum image macros treated the move as a punchline about aborting a pregnancy or fixing any random problem with brute force[1]. On January 25th, 2008, YouTuber 3vocd uploaded a parody dropping Kirby into the Falcon Punch animation set to the "Gourmet Race" theme, which passed 3 million views[4]. A parody chain called "When Two Falcon Punches Collide" followed, in which two Captain Falcons hit each other at the same time; KlydeStorm's version ends in a Blue Screen of Death[3]. The move got a second wind from the anime F-Zero: Falcon Densetsu, where Captain Falcon jumps off his car and punches the villain Black Shadow hard enough to generate a galaxy-sized vertical explosion. That scene was recut endlessly as the "Final Falcon Punch" or "Galactic Falcon Punch" exploitable[1]. ## How to Use Image macros typically pair a screenshot of Captain Falcon mid-punch with a caption naming a target that "needs" a Falcon Punch. Video edits often splice the yell and explosion from the F-Zero anime scene into unrelated footage for a joke payoff. As a verb, "Falcon Punch it" is used online to suggest solving a problem with pure violence[2]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Falcon Punch? Falcon Punch is Captain Falcon's signature flaming haymaker from Super Smash Bros, which became an internet catchphrase and image macro format for exaggerated punches[3]. ### Where did Falcon Punch come from? The move debuted in Super Smash Bros on the Nintendo 64 in 1999 and was invented for that game rather than the earlier F-Zero series[1]. ### What does Falcon Punch mean? Online it means a dramatic, overkill hit, often shouted mid-swing, and is used as a joke reaction to anything the poster wants destroyed[2]. ### How do you use Falcon Punch? People use it as a verb ("Falcon Punch it") or in image macros pairing the Captain Falcon punch pose with a target that supposedly deserves one[2]. ### Is Falcon Punch still popular? It is a classic Smash Bros meme kept alive through parody videos like the 3vocd Kirby edit and the Final Falcon Punch clips from the F-Zero anime[4]. ## References 1. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120106183533/http://ohinternet.com/Falcon_punch]() 2. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Falcon%20Punch]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/falcon-punch]() 4. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNvbPzSTpPI]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/falcon-punch Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library